Chapter 299: Super Genius from a Foreign Realm!

World Barrier, within a Dual-World Nexus Node.

This is one of the few Dual-World Nexus Nodes occupied by the Stone Demon Statue Empire.

Rows of magical lanterns float in the sky, supporting the dark, oppressive canopy like countless stars.

In the depths where darkness and shadows churn, a massive Aztec Ritual Pyramid blazes with dim, scorching candlelight.

A raging ceremony of dim sunlight and forbidden power is underway.

The Bishop Sorcerer, clad in a skull-wizard robe, now looks pallid, his body trembling slightly as he raises both hands to strain and uphold the ritual.

If his transcendent state were not sufficiently stable and strong, relying only on his mortal body he would have collapsed long ago.

In front of the Bishop Sorcerer, a Death‑rank forbidden seal, the Calamity Doll, exuding a strong aura of death, is being guided by the Bishop Sorcerer to channel its power into the depths of the ritual.

The target being infused is, astonishingly, the forbidden seal deep within Padelin New Voyage Island, itself deep inside the World Barrier.

Seeing that the Bishop Sorcerer conducting the ritual is beginning to falter.

At this moment, several Bishop‑level strongmen watching, plus two Archbishop‑level strongmen, are present.

Their expressions grow increasingly grim.

Earlier.

By employing the Death‑rank forbidden seal Calamity Doll to provoke and even intensify the uprising within Padelin New Voyage Island's forbidden ecology.

The feedback was exceptionally strong.

That increasingly volatile forbidden ecology could feed back through the World Barrier into the ritual.

The Calamity Doll, covertly supported by Jin Jin Xing Mou Hui, is extremely powerful.

Clearly, after a short while, the rebellious forbidden ecology will break free from its seal.

At that time, the entire Padelin New Voyage Island will face a terrifying disaster.

Once that stone statue emerges, a massive slaughter is inevitable.

The frontal assault called "Fist", even against Seventh‑Rank Archbishop-level strongmen, will pin those unskilled in melee to the ground and beat them.

The "Knowledge Mask" will swiftly gather a crowd of knowledge followers.

It will use "Knowledge Slime" to bind together countless transcendent corpses and soul memories, forming a horrific massive flesh ball that rolls and expands, eventually adhering every inhabitant of the island into its knowledge system.

As for the continuously poisoning Water Jug, it is a long‑threaded terrifying curse.

It will incessantly slay those it encounters, absorbing a portion of their lives into the Water Jug.

Three Terrifying‑rank forbidden seals break free, accompanied by a multitude of Death‑rank and Dangerous‑rank seals running rampant.

As anticipated, Padelin New Voyage Island is on the brink of destruction.

Moreover, at this moment, several Bishops are driving Oceanic Evil Spirits into Padelin New Voyage Island's Bay, unleashing large‑scale devastation.

Internal strife and external threats erupt simultaneously.

The fall of Padelin New Voyage Island occurs today.

However!

Just now, the situation took an inexplicable turn.

The uprising of the forbidden ecology stirred by the Calamity Doll suddenly ceased to produce any feedback.

Whether it is the infusion of source energy or the Calamity Doll, prompted by Jin Jin Xing Mou Hui, that agitates the forbidden ecology's uprising.

After all that power is poured into Padelin New Voyage Island's forbidden seal site.

It sinks like a stone in the sea, with not a trace of feedback.

As if!

A colossal beast there devours every forbidden calamity power sent here.

The crowd, skeptical, urges the ritual-conducting Bishop to increase his effort.

Now, the Bishop conducting the ritual has his soul trembling under the Calamity Doll's squeeze, his ecology withering, and his transcendent state beginning to decay.

Yet over there remains an endless abyss, swallowing everything without offering any feedback.

If Padelin New Voyage Island's forbidden calamity power were to explode, they would receive the news instantly.

But now.

Padelin New Voyage Island has not exploded.

And the ritual seems to have lost its effect.

That is the most baffling part.

At that moment.

"Bang!" a sudden explosion.

The Bishop sustaining the ritual can no longer hold on; his head detonates with a thud, and his headless body collapses onto the altar steps.

Simultaneously, eerie blood flames surge rapidly from his shattered head and body.

A sickening blood‑red light illuminates a vast surrounding area.

And the headless Bishop, whose ritual was broken by the exploding skull, finally attains liberation.

He rolls twice down the steps and disappears into the extremely viscous darkness.

Even the blood‑colored flames rising from his body are swiftly extinguished by the thick darkness.

The surging darkness around the altar possesses the ability to suppress forbidden power.

It was originally prepared for the Calamity Doll.

The exploding skull does not hinder the Sixth‑Rank Bishop's escape.

For a Bishop‑rank individual who has achieved 100% Transcendent State, it is generally hard to be killed.

Unless his opponent truly possesses a Cursed Spell.

The inexplicable explosion and the pervasive, heart‑pounding blood flames bring a different change to the altar.

When the strong figures around the Ritual Pyramid, each with a distinct expression, examined the scene,

Gagaga……

Gagaga……

The crows' coarse, low caw rang out swiftly throughout the sacrificial space.

Numerous archbishops stepped back a good distance, keeping a covert watch.

One, two, three……

Dozens of crows quickly rose from the burning corpses and settled on the altar.

"What… is actually happening?"

"Is this the backlash of the Death Forbidden Seal's power?"

"Even if it's a backlash, it's still the Disaster Doll's damage; this exploded flesh, and the transcendent debris turned into crows? What technique is this?"

Amid the vigilance of the many archbishop elites surrounding the Ritual Pyramid,

the crows perched on the altar all turned their gaze toward the Eighth‑rank Crowned Archbishop—Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er!

"Lord Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er, how is the intelligence gathering on the Stone Golem Empire? When can we cast the net and wipe out the Stone Golem Empire in one stroke? If we don't cast the net soon, you'll ascend to the pinnacle of its power."

As the crows began to speak,

the faces of the archbishop elites surrounding the altar changed abruptly.

They all turned to the Eighth‑rank Crowned Archbishop "Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er" in the crowd, the crowned archbishop who had personally dispatched the "Dark Sun Saint".

Gather intelligence?

Eliminate the Stone Golem Empire?

Is this Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er really a pervert?

…………

Within the Forbidden Seal Realm.

Ta Ke used the Forbidden Crows to quickly locate the thread by which the World Barrier extended into the Forbidden Seal Realm.

The ritual's provocative Forbidden power is the method enemies use to infiltrate the Forbidden Seal Realm and sabotage it covertly.

Ta Ke sniffed the scent of the Jin Jin Xing Mou Hui from this provocative Forbidden power.

Anchoring Ta Ke's curse, the Forbidden Curtain Stage, carries the same scent.

Having the ritual thread makes it easy.

This is Ta Ke's specialty.

Using the terrifying power of the Forbidden Crows, Ta Ke followed the thread and gazed into the past.

【Sai Er Si's Forbidden Crow: Vision of the End】 activated.

Soon, at the end of the ritual thread,

Ta Ke saw a struggling Archbishop and several archbishop elites from the Eastern Continent surrounding the altar.

He also saw his old acquaintance "Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er".

Ta Ke originally intended to pull "Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er" directly with the Forbidden Curtain Stage.

to completely eliminate the guy who placed a death‑level Forbidden curse on him.

But when Ta Ke anchored, he realized the distance was… billions of points away.

Ta Ke's vision through the ritual thread was very close.

In reality, they were about a thousand kilometers apart, with the Forbidden Realm and the World Barrier blocking the way.

Ta Ke failed to anchor onto "Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er".

The archbishop elite who had been channeling the power, already running on fumes, was not so lucky.

The moment the Vision of the End activated, it blew the archbishop's skull apart.

Killing him outright was impossible; the distance was too great.

He could only use the Vision of the End to blast the skull, giving him a taste of pain.

However, the archbishop rolled down the steps into the darkness, extinguishing his flock of crow flames, which left Ta Ke slightly startled.

The debris ignited by the flock of crow flames rose swiftly with the Sai Er Si crows and fire, occupying the altar.

He surveyed the Stone Golem Empire's archbishop elites.

Ta Ke commanded the flock of crows and delivered the prepared lines to the Crowned Archbishop Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er.

"Lord Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er, how is the intelligence gathering on the Stone Golem Empire? When can we cast the net and wipe out the Stone Golem Empire in one go? If we don't cast the net soon, you'll ascend to the pinnacle of its power."

Sure enough, Ta Ke's provocation worked exceptionally well.

The Stone Golem Empire's archbishops' expressions changed at the sight of Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er.

When Ta Ke originally anchored the eighth‑rank Blood Clan "Lu Xi·En", causing its downfall,

it was unclear whether he deliberately framed Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er, or truly believed Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er was a pervert.

Or perhaps both.

In any case, "Lu Xi·En" gave Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er a hard bite.

Ta Ke heard that, because of this, many strong members of the Blood Clan Sanctuary and the Human Sanctuary within the Dark Sun Church fled Shenglande and entered the Ashen Land.

Both sides clashed fiercely over the matter.

Neither side spared lives; many died, including dead vampires.

This internal court drama left Ta Ke stunned when he learned of it.

And today.

He finally ran into an old friend.

The "Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er" who cursed him.

Ta Ke staged a performance, a false truth as swift as a knife.

When the surrounding Stone Demon Statue Empire bishops grew doubtful, they guarded Michel.

The Crown Grand Archbishop "Mi Xie Er·Sai Mu Er", accustomed to great storms, showed no ripple in his expression.

"Divine Favored Ta Ke!"

"How delightful, you haven't yet perished in the curse."

"It seems the gods truly love you."

"Also…"

Crown Archbishop Michel, clad in a plain pale‑gold robe, gradually examined those Sairsi Ravens.

"It seems your breeding of the Sairsi Forbidden Ravens is quite good."

"But I wonder, how many souls have the ravens devoured? How many Transcendent states have they consumed?"

"How much longer can you endure?"

"You wish to use the Forbidden Raven's power to oppose the Forbidden Curtain Stage?"

"The idea is good, but being a raven keeper is not so easy."

Ta Ke gave a faint smile.

"My dear Grand Archbishop, you need not employ rhetoric to extract my information."

"Soon, I will reach the World Barrier, find you all, and kill you all."

"Then you will know how formidable my ravens are."

"Also…"

Ta Ke paused, looked toward the many bishop‑level strongmen of the Stone Demon Statue Empire, and spoke softly.

"Bishops of the Stone Demon Statue Empire, I recall your Eastern Continent also has many Transcendent city‑states now, right?"

Ta Ke smiled coldly.

These words caused the faces of many Transcendents of the Stone Demon Statue Empire to shift slightly.

"It's fun to attack our island city‑states, isn't it?"

"After a while, you will know what it feels like to be attacked."

"I wonder how many Forbidden Curse bombardments your tribal Transcendent city‑states can endure?"

"Moreover… my Demon Ring Staff is already… extremely, extremely hungry."

"City slaughter, blood‑sacrificing the enemy, I have abundant experience."

"Since you chose to cooperate with the Dark Sun Evil God Church, you must bear the appropriate price."

Powerful Transcendents wiping a region of the Transcendent world is commonplace.

The Dark Sun Church attacks border Transcendent city‑states, blood‑sacrificing a city.

The Stone Demon Statue Empire attacks a Transcendent sea island, captures ocean city‑state residents for blood‑sacrificing evil spirits.

Whatever they did, Ta Ke will naturally return it multiplied many times.

Moreover, the Three‑Eyed Divine Grand Archbishop of Pa De Lin·Xin Hang Dao had done the same before, so Ta Ke can readily emulate it.

"Ta Ke, you are a wizard; the Stone Demon Statue Continent possesses abundant counter‑magic abilities."

"If you fear not death, come at me!"

A Sixth‑Tier bishop whispered threateningly.

"Wait for it! I, Divine Favored 'Ta Ke·La Mo Er', will cleanse the Stone Demon Statue Continent, just as you wish!"

Ta Ke responded coldly and faintly.

At that moment, from the darkness deep within the crowd, a voice with a distinct foreign accent rang out.

"I never expected this tiny dual‑star Transcendent world could produce an S‑Rank Transcendent genius."

"To cleanse a continent wielding large‑scale anti‑magic power?"

"What a grand boast."

"You are only Fourth Tier."

"The native geniuses of this little world, having borrowed some external force to master a minor Forbidden Curse, are already this arrogant?"

A foreign Transcendent man, neatly dressed, tall and slender, stepped forward with the voice.

He is a Fifth‑Tier vice‑archbishop level Transcendent.

He clearly cultivated Transcendent defensive methods, a vague Transcendent defensive aura enveloping his body; Ta Ke, being too distant, could not discern clearly with the Sairsi Raven.

However, Ta Ke felt the opponent's powerful dark rune profound force very clearly.

At least above Seven Rings, and many hidden layers may remain.

Fifth Tier indicates his cultivation time is not long.

The rune profound beyond Seven Rings Ta Ke has never encountered in combat.

More importantly, Ta Ke sensed the opponent's Transcendent ecological framework to be formidable.

Clearly, this foreign strongman belongs to the strong‑advancement type of master.

Transcendent advancement materials are crucial.

1 Leader, 2 Elite constitute weak advancement; 3 Lord materials constitute strong advancement.

Their foundations differ completely.

Source energy, life intensity, and soul intensity are on different levels.

Ta Ke often does not employ his steam sequence, does not use Forbidden Curses, and even need not activate his SSS Rank Transcendent Talent.

Ta Ke can easily defeat Transcendents of the same tier, because he possesses strong‑advancement with Lord‑level material, his foundation being innately profound.

Whether in Saint Land or in the Transcendent Ocean.

Ta Ke rarely encounters peers of the same tier who can match him.

And now, this powerful foreign visitor has shown Ta Ke a faint glimpse of outsiders' strongmen.

"Interesting!"

Ta Ke raised an eyebrow.

Immediately, Ta Ke tried to use the Forbidden Curtain Stage to cast a Forbidden Rule Fragment, to see if he could pull that fifth‑tier foreign prodigy.

He gave it a try, but it still didn't work.

Ta Ke let out a slight sigh of frustration.

"The chance to properly converse with the foreign prodigy is right before me, but I can't seize it."

"However... within Paderlin New Navigation Island there is also a sixth‑tier swordsman."

"This guy can't escape in a short time; once captured we can use a Forbidden Crow to question him properly, then forge a sixth‑tier Bishop Soul Shadow."

"Sixth‑tier Bishop Soul Shadows are still very rare."

Ta Ke's attempts and thoughts.

It made that foreign fifth‑tier prodigy mistakenly think his words touched the soul of the Defiler of Gods·Divine Attendant Ta Ke.

He actually spoke up to persuade surrender, saying: "Ta Ke·La Mo Er, you are a very outstanding prodigy."

"However, within this tiny world, there is too little you can learn and witness."

"The vast Transcendent World outside, ancient divine vaults, unknown forbidden lands, and deeply buried secret treasures all require stepping beyond this world to reach."

"If you are willing to join our Jin Jin Xing Mou Hui, I will show you the splendor and greatness of this vast Transcendent World!"

The opponent's barrage of hot talk left Ta Ke a bit speechless.

The outside world is opened by your family?

I have no legs myself? Ride the steam spirit realm rail train, go out and you'll see, right?

And you, a second‑rate merchant, still trying to feed me this outdated soul soup?

At least draw me a concrete big picture, like an eight‑star, even nine‑star 【Divine Forbidden Spell】 or something.

You won't even sketch a single cake for me, that makes it very difficult!

Moreover, Ta Ke obtained a preliminarily confirmed report that this guy indeed comes from Jin Jin Xing Mou Hui.

While the Forbidden Crows hovered, Ta Ke used "Phase" and "World" to sense the location of this Dual‑World Nexus Node.

Sure enough, soon Ta Ke's little scheme was keenly spotted by Mi Xie Er·Sai Mou Er.

He decisively acted.

He pinched with a single hand in front of him.

One after another, each crow bore a hand wreathed in Dark Sun candle flame.

Then all the hands pinched down simultaneously.

"Pong!"

Ta Ke's Sairsi Crows all exploded, turning into blazing blood, with faint crow screeches still echoing within.

…………

Within the Forbidden Curtain Stage.

Ta Ke carefully felt what he had just obtained.

"Although I haven't pinpointed their precise location."

"But the general direction is already known."

"However... going there now seems to have little effect."

"Nevertheless, at least it's a useful nexus node."

"If in the future we can occupy this nexus node, we could traverse the East‑West Continent freely."

"We could, just like Grand Bishop Lei Ya Ge, go over and kill the East Continent's geniuses for fun."

"Dare to cooperate with the Dark Sun Church, this is the outcome."

"Damn... the crow that Michel killed was pinched too quickly; I didn't have time to hurl a few harsh words at their ruler, a loss of a hundred million in blood!"

"I recall the ruler of the Stone Demon Statue Empire seems to be preparing to challenge the Chao Shen Da Shi! Not sure if they'll succeed."

"Anyway, before that, slaughter a few more of its cities."

"Regarding the King's Crown, reducing some of it is certainly not wrong."

In the midst of thoughts.

Ta Ke gradually steadied his mind.

"The battle outside is still ongoing."

"If I go out directly and resolve the Forbidden ecology trouble in such a short time, it would be too easy."

"Staying here longer also makes it seem like I exerted more effort."

"Later I'll tell them I toiled, spent massive effort, barely solved and killed numerous Death‑grade, Danger‑grade seals, so they won't react too violently."

"This Forbidden Seal Land also limits the pulling power of my Forbidden Curtain Stage."

"I originally intended to pull that sixth‑tier Bishop Swordsman in for a spar, but now it seems we must wait a few days."

"For now, let that foreign Bishop expert from Jin Jin Xing Mou Hui live a bit longer."

Immediately, Ta Ke sank his thoughts.

Within the Forbidden Curtain Stage, he began to comprehend the rune mysteries.